Originally Posted by
mlamb01
I've read about the carbon paste, and that it is a bad idea on carbon steerers. Still considering it, and just putting a very very light coating on so it does not get on the spacers and abrade the steerer tube.
I am not sure where you got the idea that carbon paste was bad for carbon parts; it would be odd to call it "carbon" paste if it was not good for that. There will be no abrasion if there is no movement. I believe that the carbon compound actually has soft plastic particles as the friction element, not grit like valve grinding compound.
So I'd give the paste a try, I would be more concerned with damage caused by parts moving against each other than the paste damaging them.